NCEJN Blog

We need your support. Over the past few years, the NC Environmental Justice Summits have been the largest gatherings in its 20-year history. Our attendees are community organizers, lawyers, scholars, students, youth, and government officials. The value of such a wide...

Every single year, the wood pellet industry destroys tens of thousands of acres of Southern forests, turns them into wood pellets, and ships them overseas to be burned for electricity in faraway power stations. The world’s largest wood pellet producer, Enviva, is...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment through July 10 on the continued development of the Community Mapping System with Environmental Justice tool. See talking points on the tool. Unveiled last month, the beta release of...